'Deep Throat' Probably Won't Be Prosecuted

[struggle4progress]

By Associated Press
June 3, 2005, 6:11 PM EDT

NEW YORK -- The former FBI man unmasked as "Deep Throat" probably won't be prosecuted for sharing information with reporters during the Watergate scandal, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales indicated Friday. <snip>

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-deep-throat-gonzales,0,3001332.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

Wow, isn't Gonzo clever, threatening every potential whistle-blower ...

[kliljedahl]

1. Prosecuted

What the fuck for!!!

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[cornermouse]

2. Gonzales of the Torture is a Good Thing fame?

If the world ever gets their act together, he's going to have worse things than Deep Throat to worry about. And if Bush keeps pushing the world WILL get their act together, for self defense if for no other reason.

[tavalon]

20. The very same

Rotten to the core, this administration is. But you knew that.

[gratuitous]

3. Well only because the 5 year statute of limitations has passed

About 25 years ago. Other than that, Gonzales would probably be trying to convene a grand jury right now as a warning to anyone else about what crossing these bastards means.

The 91-year-old Mr. Felt must be breathing a sigh of relief at the news.

Gonzales is an asshat.

[Cha]

6. I wonder if it wouldn't also

start the country thinking just how big an Asshat these jackals are?

So maybe they really don't want anymore publicity on this?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

33. Trust me.

Publicity is the last thing on their agenda.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Gonzales would probably write up a memo to justify prosecution

using some obscure law

[hyphenate]

16. asscroft pretty much did

when he sent those nuns to jail for protesting. then again, asscroft is gone forever, i hope, from our government and our lives.

[LiberalFighter]

32. His graveyard needs to be identified...

for proper baptism

[mbperrin]

4. What a relief! It MAY be legal to reveal criminal

wrongdoing! Woo-hoo!

Hey, Alberto! You were an asswipe in office in Texas, and you still are!

[chelsea0011]

5. ROTFLO...these guys kill me

[gademocrat7]

7. Gonzales prosecuting a 91 year old..riduculous

The statute of limitations has long run out. The statute on murder has no limitation.

[meppie-meppie not]

13. but I bet he sure wanted to tortue him

[Seabiscuit]

24. Maybe he'll try to have him whisked away to Gitmo in the dead of night.

[meppie-meppie not]

26. that sounds about right and we'll be hearing about it some time

in the new year!

[indepat]

8. That's probably won't be prosecuted

[gademocrat7]

9. Sorry

yes, probably won't be prosecuted.

[Skittles]

10. what a dick

:puke:

[lovuian]

11. Oh Ya lets see them put a 91 year old hero with a walker in

jail!!! Felt showed a Whistleblower comes out just fine and brought down the mighty!!!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

14. The man's oath was to the COUNTRY,

Not the fucking President. If he knew something was going on with the president that wasn't legal, he had a DUTY to let the public know. When you work for the government, the oath is to the COUNTRY!! Not the fucking president, as Bush and his cronies seem to have forgotten!!:grr: The only people who have taken an oath with anything to do with the president are the Secret Service.
Duckie

[catzies]

21. Yes! "Against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC."

'Nuff said.

[hyphenate]

15. mother of mercy

the guy is 91. nice going, Bert.

[bpilgrim]

17. but the next one WILL is the sub-txt

they are milking this for all its worth... we gotta do the same ;->

even the PRESIDENT is ACCOUNTABLE to weTHEpeople for their crimes, so my forefathers TOLD ME SO!

peace

[Andromeda]

18. Felt should be given a medal...

for actions above and beyond the call of duty.

It's interesting that felons like G. Gordon Liddy publicly condemn Felt for his patriotism. What are Liddy's qualifications again?

Oh, that's right. He's not a journalist; he's a talk-show host and felon. Just like Ollie North.

I just love this show of moral equivalency by the media and right-wing hacks. They know trying to prosecute a 91 year-old man is a lose-lose situation and why dredge up all that now since they've more-or-less succeeded in softening Nixon's legacy.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

47. in RIght Wing circles, the more time you serve in federal prison the more

credibility you have. It's part of their up is down dogma, don't ask me.

[DeepModem Mom]

19. Oh. My. God.

I want my country back!

[TaleWgnDg]

27. You and maybe 50% of the country want it back . . .

but then again . . . what are *'s polling numbers now? LOL



.

[unblock]

22. probably. PROBABLY. then again they MIGHT??

their evil is boundless.


what exactly could they nail him on even if they tried? statute of limitations aside, he wasn't a primary source. he gave deep background and confirmed leaks they got from other sources.

as far as i know, none of this infomation was classified.

so what on earth would the supposed charge be, and what SPECIFIC leak could they PROVE he was guilty of some crime?

[snot]

23. The v. mention is outrageous. It's Felt who earned a Medal of Honor.

[acmejack]

25. No, he didn't fail!

Appears that is a prerequisite for a medal of "freedom". These guys really blow. Can't wait to see them in the dock at the Hague, every last one of them.

[AlCzervik]

28. *But* he will be persecuted

[Extend a Hand]

29. Prosecuted???!!!

They ought to give him a friggin' medal.

[RobinA]

30. I Think It Would Be Grrreat

on so many levels to watch them try to prosecute the man. Not only the sight of them going after a guy who blew the whistle on the almost universally hated Nixon, but the dirt and muck that would come flying out of the woodwork, what with testimony, depositions of all the major players we never heard of... What a spectacle. And his age would just be the icing on the cake. Man dodders into court every day in front of the cameras to be tried for getting the truth out.

[Robeson]

34. I thought the same thing. I wish they would try to prosecute him....

...so that his attorney's can pick the scab of Republican politics for all the nation to see, again. There's a lot of pus under that scab, that those in power would never want to see the light of day. Yes, it would be a total spectacle, and would make people start to question their government, again.

And thats the real reason they don't want to prosecute him.

[nolabels]

42. The discovery phase would be a real humdinger

Mr.Felt is probably kicking about, quietly thinking to himself "BRING IT ON" :-)

[NYC Liberal]

31. It is 'Abu Gonzolez' who needs to be prosecuted.

The people they bring out to criticize this hero...it's such a circus! On the TODAY Show they had G. Gordon Liddy denouncing Felt...LOL! Gee I wonder WHY he doesn't like Felt!

All these goons are such morans!

[dchill]

40. Absolutely right.

It's bad enough when the TV pukes regurgitate the Bush Admin's "disassemblies," but when geeks like Liddy are given the pseudo-respectability of face time by the likes of the TODAY show, then it's clear that they're ALL goons & morans too. Not to mention shills, liars, propagandists and Quislings with blood on their hands.

[marylanddem]

35. You've got to be kidding.

What idiot A.P. reporter asked that idiot Gonzales about prosecuting Mr. Felt? Unbe-fing-lievable

[oneold1-4u]

36. A wee threat

Any talk of any kind of prosecution would only be a fear tactic to any of those in the know that might produce the truth!
Anyone heard anything from Gannon lately? He must not need any money!
If he could only talk about his walks around the WH lawn with anyone, it might be worth a home in the Caribbean, a new name, and a great pension!
In Nixon's time, a fool like Gannon would come up missing, one way or another!

[Betty]

37. So all whistle blowers know

that they can be prosecuted for revealing illegal activities by the government. Have we finally arrived at the full blown fascist state that the neocons have been planning for us? I think so.

[chalky]

38. Oh, Good God. I suddenly had this ugly vision of our benevolent Chimperor

graciously granting Felt a royal pardon...for committing the crime of being loyal to the country. The chimp's worshippers, clueless as ever, miss the veiled threat and spend the next three years bringing the pardon up as an example of his wonderfulness. "See!! He's compassionate! He let the traitor live!"

Gah. I've got to stop eating spicy food so late at night. It's messing with my thinkin'.

[ngGale]

39. Prosecution seems to be...

a threat to me - the DSM, there go the whistle blowers.

[Janice325]

41. Ditto

to what everyone else has posted so far.
WTF, the guy's 91 years old.
This is just another story the Chimp and company can try to use to divert attention from all the crap they've been pulling.
Jeez.

[demokatgurrl]

43. PROSECUTED????!!!! He should get the Congressional

medal of honor. He saved us from one evil administration. I'm still waiting for Deep Throat of of the 21st century to speak up...

[Lochloosa]

44. Unfuckingbelievable.....

Edit: that's a southern term by the way

[Lochloosa]

45. Kicking back to page one

[stlsaxman]

46. Not prosecuted- but they'll do everything in their power to see that he's

PERSECUTED!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

48. Do IT DO IT

put a 90 year old on the stand and TAKE HIM DOWN!!

Cmon what are ya chicken?